...surroundings Flight 19. A flight crew took off from base in Florida, which they thought was a regular routine training. All 5 planes had performed the practice bombing run without a hitch. As they were flying back to base, the Pilots had suddenly reported that their equipment was going crazy. The radio signals were growing weaker, and weaker as if they were flying the wrong way. According to Lee Ann Obringer,’’ The tower began receiving transmissions from the flight leader that they were lost, compasses were not working, and everything looked wrong.’’ There was no longer any sign of Flight 19. An extensive Navy investigation was ordered to search for Flight 19 crew members. After an extended search the Navy had no clues to explain Flight 19 disappearance. The Bermuda Triangle region is known for its...
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...surroundings Flight 19. A flight crew took off from base in Florida, which they thought was a regular routine training. All 5 planes had performed the practice bombing run without a hitch. As they were flying back to base, the Pilots had suddenly reported that their equipment was going crazy. The radio signals were growing weaker, and weaker as if they were flying the wrong way. According to Lee Ann Obringer,’’ The tower began receiving transmissions from the flight leader that they were lost, compasses were not working, and everything looked wrong.’’ There was no longer any sign of Flight 19. An extensive Navy investigation was ordered to search for Flight 19 crew members. After an extended search the Navy had no clues to explain Flight 19 disappearance. The Bermuda Triangle region is known for its...
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... The mystery of Easter Island has puzzled humanity for years. Easter Island is the world’s most remote inhabited island (“The Mystery of Easter Island”), but a group of people managed to sail there and establish a society that created about 900 stone statues across the island ("Easter Island -- World Heritage Site -- National Geographic”). Over the years, scientists have discovered many facts about the people of Easter Island and their achievements, and have been able to create several plausible theories. However, none can fully explain the mystery that is Easter Island. 1. Facts Easter Island lies roughly 1,289 miles from the nearest inhabited island and 2,182 miles from the nearest continental point (“Easter Island”). The earliest settlers of Easter Island were Polynesian, though none know where exactly they sailed from (“Mysterious Places: Explore Easter Island in Words and Pictures”). As their population increased, the Rapa Nui people formed clans. In fact, it is believed that the large stone statues–called moai-found on the island are commemorative images of lineage heads, though they are not portraits of specific individuals (“Mysterious Places: Explore Easter Island in Words and Pictures”). Easter Island’s moai range from about 4 to 33 feet in height, with the average moai being roughly 13 feet high (“Stone Giants”). Of the 887 moai on Easter Island, only 288 made it to their final resting positions. 45% of the moai never left the quarry and 10% were found abandoned...
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...First of all, The Bermuda Triangle, also given the nickname "Devil's Triangle", is situated in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. That is where aircrafts and ships are reported to be missing under mysterious conditions. For the Bermuda Triangle to be considered as the "devil's triangle" their must be some sort of proof that there really is paranormal activity going on in that area. Their are many cases of paranormal activity, but this one is not only the most confusing considering the fact they still haven't found the cause for the incident, but this is also the first ever affair in the history of the Bermuda Triangle. This incident took place a while back on September 17, 1950. It is about the loss of flight 19. Which was a group...
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... There are a number of paranormal activities that have occurred in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.The favorite theories of the Bermuda Triangle from fantasy writers are, “evil extraterrestrials, residue crystals from Atlantis, evil humans with anti-gravity devices or other weird technologies, and vile vortices from the fourth dimension” (Carroll). According to David Pares, one of the most popular paranormal activities in the Bermuda Triangle, electronic fog, forms when solar energy combines with thunderstorm activity (Bernard). Rob MacGregor and Bruce Gernon introduced electronic fog to the world. Flying their plane, Bonanza A36, on December 4, 1970, Gernon and his father went over the Bahamas. On their way to Bimini, they came across “a tunnel- shaped vortex.” Traveling through this cloud tunnel, all of their navigational devices messed up, even their compasses spontaneously spun (Wagner). Coming to the end of the tunnel, they didn’t see what they thought. Grey, dull, white for miles rather than seeing bright blue sky. When flying to Miami Beach, the flight to the beach would usually take seventy-five minutes, however, it only took them thirty-four minutes traveling through the grey sky. (Wagner). In January, 1971, Bruce Gernon came across another mysterious encounter. Where he exited the tunnel vortex before, him and his girlfriend flew in that area. He all of a sudden noticed a bright orange star coming towards them. At first a planet came to his mind; it kept getting bigger...
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...started as a result of economic and political insecurity that ensued from public disorder beginning in 1969 (Chasteen). The Dirty War lasted from 1976 to 1983 and began as a result of a military coup of a government that was put into action during the presidency of Isabel Martinez de Peron in 1974. The purpose of the military coup was to develop a stabilized government by systematically removing leftist activists, seen to be “terrorists” (Finchelstein). The Dirty War involved the systematic kidnapping, murder, and torture of thousands of citizens including pregnant women and children. The Dirty War involved kidnapping, murder, and torture of thousands of citizens that were virtually invisible to the public and as a result called "disappearances”. Captives from all walks of life were systematically tortured, raped and murdered, sometimes drowned and other times buried in mass graves. Approximately 30% of the disappeared were women. Some were abducted with their small children, and some were pregnant, or became so while in detention, usually through rape by guards and torturers (Finchelstein). Pregnant prisoners were routinely kept alive until they had given birth. Hundreds of pregnant women were forced to give birth in secret detention centers before “disappearing.” Subsequently their newborns were given to military families or allies, who raised them with a completely different identity. Many pregnant women were kidnapped, and in captivity they endured all kinds of...
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...ocean off the coasts. None of the found planes were reported missing. That could be because of the numerous amounts of planes that disappear in the Bermuda Triangle. Charles Berlitz explains the number that disappear, "In the period 1974-76 more than six hundred yachts and other pleasure craft have disappeared off the coasts of the United States, a considerable percentage of these losses occurring within the Bermuda Triangle"(13). He also talks about an interview with the press, "Recently, during a press interview in San Francisco, I was asked by a reporter whether any disappearances had been noted recently. I replied that a plane had vanished the previous weekend suggesting that the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle, far from being a footnote to the past history of the sea, are still continuing on the average of a plane about every two weeks and a ship or yacht almost weekly"(15). There are many disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle that we can't be told about. (Only because they happen to the Navy or the Coast Guard.) "These probable reasons include the...
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...got its name from this mystery. C: The true occurrence of how the mission went and explanation of phenomena. For years there has been an unsolved mystery of disappearances of boats and planes with no trace of evidence left behind. All of these conspiracies had relevance as to the whereabouts of these lost travelers. The locations of these disappearances were within a geographical triangle in the Atlantic Ocean. The corners of this legendary triangle were between three axis points: Miami, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Bermuda. After some question this so-called triangle gained the name "Devils Triangle," serving to peoples superstitions that the devil was fooling with lost travelers. It also brought to question whether aliens had a selected spot on earth for abduction or could it be a vortex that warps the living to another dimension. Could all of these questionable losses just be a coincidence that conjured up a myth? In the last hundred and fifty years forty ships and twenty planes have disappeared carrying over a thousand people into an oblivion that is yet to be explained (Kusche 10). Even the US Coast Guard is baffled by these series of events. There are also cases of disappearances during search and rescue missions. There have been a number of theories trying to explain the great number of disappearances most typically through environmental reasoning and human error. The area has abnormal environmental qualities. One is that the area is one of the only two places...
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...2nd, 2015 The Bermuda Triangle is an expanse of sea that is infamous because many ships and planes go missing over its waters. The causes of these disappearances are still unknown, and many have not returned from it. There are many facts involving the Bermuda Triangle, and even more interesting theories. 1. Facts The Bermuda Triangle is an expanse of ocean between Puerto Rico, Florida, and the island of Bermuda. It was first given its name Devil’s Triangle in the 1969 John Wallace Spencer book, Limbo of the Lost. Despite being known worldwide, it is not officially recognized by the US Navy or the US Board of Geographical Names as an actual worldwide area (“Bermuda Triangle”.) There are many...
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...The Plight of Missing Persons Naomi White Kaplan University CM220-15 Professor L McCuish December 15, 2012 The Plight of Missing Persons According to staggering statistics, there are close to 60,000 + Jane and John Does buried, cremated or lying in coroners offices across this country with no names; all scattered across a nation with no standard protocol for case sharing and identification (NamUs, 2012). These unidentified people are young and old, male and female, from all walks of life. They are someone’s mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters and brothers. These bodies and spirits of our nations unidentified cry out for their names, proper burial, and many times, justice (Reitterer, 2012). The heartbreaking reality behind these statistics is a world no one wishes to be a part of. Well over 100,000 active missing person’s cases in this country at any given time. There is an estimated 60,000 sets of human remains unidentified throughout this nation. Hundreds of thousands of family members and friends living in limbo wondering what became of their loves ones. To the families of the missing, this situation has been called our nation's "Silent Mass Disaster; a problem of epidemic proportions" (NamUs, 2012). Families and advocates of the missing cry out for change within our communities and justice system and we must not allow their cries to go unheard. The Doe Network is an international non-profit volunteer organization created in 1999. Its focus...
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...Christine A. Caminade Thirst for Freedom, Justice and Peace The play, Fish-Hair Woman, was a beautiful production by the Harlequin Theatre Guild of De La Salle University. It had a unique diversity from death and love, an enemy and a sweetheart, war and an impassioned serenade and more. Only four chambers, but with infinite space like memory, where there is room even for those whom we do not love. The most noticeable thing about the production would perhaps be the set-up. The “Theater-in-the-Round” setup of the play was designed by Joseph Duran, and is reminiscent of the “Arena Theater” of ancient Greece and Rome. What I loved about this structure is the intimacy that it establishes with the audience. Fish-Hair Woman made me feel like I was part of the play. In addition, what makes “Fish-Hair Woman” different from the other Theater-in-the-Round productions that I have seen is that it’s not just about the audience surrounding the stage – the audience is actually a part of the stage. The plot happens all around – scenes happen in front, people enter from the sides, and flashbacks may happen from the mounted stage behind you. The story is mainly about Estrella, the fish-hair woman who uses her 12-metres-long hair like a net to retrieve the dead from the river when pro-government forces and guerillas sweep through the village where she lives. She is the one who remembers and suffers. Her story and those around her are central to this play, but the stories that...
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...scientists and geographers to debate about its structure and its activity. Some scientist say it's because Methane gas in the water, but that doesn't explain the planes that are vanishing out of nowhere. And others say it's just bad luck because there are many planes that make it through the triangle without any harm. And the majority of people say it's the water path structure which means how the water is moving under the peak of the water, which pull in ships downward, making them sink and it affects the weather around it to cumulate the clouds to put much pressure on planes making them have no control on themselves. Everybody has their argument about The Bermuda Triangle but no one can prove themselves to be right about the horrific disappearances within the “Devil’s Triangle”. “No such thing as The Bermuda triangle being solved because it's all natural” (Lawrence David Kusche). July 3, 1946 a C-54 aircraft departed from Bermuda and flew into a large thunderstorm. The aircraft was never seen again? The question is why would it follow the path of the thunderstorm. Investigators have looked at tracing of the aircraft and had found out that it tried to avoid it, but it got closer to the eye of the storm. There were only six people on board, but the aircraft could of sat a total of 85 passengers....
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...The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is an area bounded by points in Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico where ships and planes are said to vanish into thin air or deep water. Recently, some people have wondered if there is a Bermuda Triangle connection in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, even though the jet went missing halfway around the world. The term “Bermuda Triangle” was coined in 1964 by Vincent Gaddis in the men’s pulp magazine Argosy. Though Gaddis first came up with the phrase, a much more famous name propelled in into international popularity a decade later. Charles Berlitz also had a strong interest in the paranormal. He believed not only that Atlantis was real, but also that it was connected to the triangle in some way, a theory he proposed in his bestselling 1974 book “The Bermuda Triangle”. The mystery has since been promoted in thousands of books, magazines, television shows, and websites. Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, the Bermuda Triangle consists of a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is defined by points in Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico. It stretches across less than a thousand miles on any one side.The abnormalities on the sea were first noted in 1950 by Edward Jones in the...
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...Chamberlain Case (1984). On 29 October 1982, in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted of murdering her nine-week-old daughter, Azaria, by cutting her throat in the front seat of the family car at a camping area beside Uluru (Ayers Rock) in central Australia. Her husband, Michael, was convicted as an accessory. Appeals to the Federal Court and the High Court were unsuccessful. The convictions were quashed in 1988 after a judicial inquiry. Few cases have generated as much public controversy. The role of the High Court in this drama was, however, a minor one. Controversy did not stem from the novelty and significance of the doctrinal issues raised by the case but from the ‘facts’: the question of what had happened to Azaria on the night of her disappearnce. Attempts to answer that question were to see law and science become embroiled in an intense polarisation of opinion which permeated Australian society. Unlike the names Mabo and Wik for example, which were not widely known until the High Court decisions were handed down, the name Chamberlain had assumed legendary significance by the time of the High Court appeal in November 1983. This process began a short time after Azaria Chamberlain disappeared from the family tent at Uluru on the evening of 17 August 1980. Her body was never found, although her heavily blood-stained singlet, jumpsuit and nappy were discovered a week later. Lindy Chamberlain alleged that a dingo had taken the baby. This allegation...
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...CRISTOBELL UNBOUND: RIP BRENDA LEYLAND (SWEEPYFACE) 14/10/2014 20:58 This site uses cookies to help deliver services. By using this site, you agree to the use of cookies. Learn more Got it CRISTOBELL UNBOUND 8 Sunday, 5 October 2014 Search This Blog Search RIP BRENDA LEYLAND (SWEEPYFACE) So Sky's rolling news day on McCann trolls has resulted in the death of Brenda Leyland (Sweepyface) a middle aged lady angered by the lies of Gerry and Kate McCann. Seven years on, despite being suspects in the eyes of the rest of the world, in the UK they are still being treated like victims and being compensated financially. No amount of money will satisfy Gerry and Kate, they have had over £4m, they also want the Laws to be changed so their crimes will never be reported. We have had a news blackout in the UK for the past 7 years. Why? The McCanns didn't have any threats against them or their children. Their witness claimed this in the Lisbon libel trial, but could not substantiate it. Several months on, noone has been arrested or charged for threatening the McCanns. A bit like the abductor. The biggest threat they could find to the McCanns was poor old Brenda, an obviously shy, timid lady who clearly presented no danger to the McCanns whatsoever. But she was to be the scapegoat, the face of the cruel campaign against an innocent family. She was the line of least resistance - had they doorstepped any of the more outspoken among us, we would have given them an interview...
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